2005 Boston Summit
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005It’s amazing to think that the 2005 Boston Summit is right around the corner… just a week and a half away!
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Rent or buy?
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005In many parts of the country, it can make a lot of sense to buy a home. Not so for Boston, New York, or the Bay Area, if the New York Times is right.
This makes me feel not-so-bad for not having the desire to purchase a super-expensive, overpriced old shack in the Boston area.
MiniGate
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005“Floating Island” is basically a minature recreation (with live trees and grass) of Central Park, but on a garbage scow, currently being tugged around New York’s harbor.
As the captian of the tugboat was dragging around the minipark, he noticed a speedboat carrying a miniature version of a bright orange minigate!
According to the [...]
On creating an icon monster…
Thursday, September 15th, 2005I fully agree with Tuomas regarding the over-use of icons everywhere.
You can, in fact, set GTK+ (and thus, GNOME) applications to not display button icons. At first it may seem a little weird (as you may not be used to it), but not having icons in the dialog buttons will probably grow [...]
A tale of two cities, the county, and state
Thursday, September 1st, 2005Report? Report? Who’s got a report?
It seems that typical Massachusetts government is at “work”: The cities of Lynn and Revere don’t know what’s going on, so they each pass the buck to each other and the state. The state says it doesn’t have a clue; check with the county and city. And so [...]